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one man's meat is another man's poisonPeople have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another.Rate it:

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oooAn abbreviation for hugs, usually placed at the end of a letter or in text messaging; often placed alongside xxx.Rate it:

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pen inTo enclose in a pen To be stuck in a situation; to be forced into a situation by circumstances.Rate it:

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pen inTo schedule, fix a dateRate it:

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Pen is Mightier than the SwordWords have more power than war, to influence with ones words not with fightRate it:

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pen namenom de plumeRate it:

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pen nameauthor's pseudonymRate it:

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pen pictureA written description, often biographical.Rate it:

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pen upTo enclose in a penRate it:

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pen upTo enclose as if in a penRate it:

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poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)to drain the cup of poison.Rate it:

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poisonA drink; liquor.Rate it:

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poisonA substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.Rate it:

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poisonSomething that harms a person or thing.Rate it:

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poison penA usually intentionally rude, spiteful, and/or condescending piece of writing directed at a person, group, lifestyle, way of thought, or other target.Rate it:

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poison the wellTo discredit something or someone usually by presenting negative or irrelevant information; to cast aspersionsRate it:

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poison tree bears poison fruitUnethical actions in the service of good intentions will have immoral or unethical consequences.Rate it:

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poison-pen letterA missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned.Rate it:

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prendre sa plumeTo take up one's pen, to write a letter.Rate it:

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red letter dayUsually very positive, sometimes very negative.Rate it:

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Red Letter DayA day of great happinessRate it:

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slip of the penA mistake in handwriting.Rate it:

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snafuAlternative letter-case form of SNAFURate it:

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snail mailLetter Mail, or Surface-Delivered Mail By United States Postal ServiceRate it:

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special deliveryA particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.Rate it:

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straight out of the chuteSomething done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.Rate it:

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svpAlternative letter-case form of SVPRate it:

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syllabam, litteram producere (opp. corripere) (Quintil. 9. 4. 89)to lengthen the pronunciation of a syllable or letter.Rate it:

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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesIf you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999, Rate it:

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taste of one's own poisonSynonym of taste of one's own medicineRate it:

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the pen is mightier than the swordMore influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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to the letterLiterally, exactly, to follow the rules as they're written.Rate it:

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to whom it may concernUsed as a formal salutation in a letter when the writer does not know who will read the letter.Rate it:

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to whom this may concernA phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient.Rate it:

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un billet de faire partA letter by which a birth, marriage, or death is made known to friends.Rate it:

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un billet douxA love letter.Rate it:

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veneno sibi mortem consciscereto poison oneself.Rate it:

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venenum sumere, bibereto take poison.Rate it:

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verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)to hold by the letter (of the law).Rate it:

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warm regardsUsed as a polite way to finish a letter.Rate it:

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warmest regardsUsed as a polite closing of a letterRate it:

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what's yer poisonEye dialect spelling of what's your poison.Rate it:

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what's your poisonUsed to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink.Rate it:

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write inTo write a letter to, e.g. a publication.Rate it:

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writer's crampA debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.Rate it:

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WysiwygAlternative letter-case form of WYSIWYGRate it:

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X outto cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.Rate it:

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yoloAlternative letter-case form of YOLORate it:

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you don't dip your pen in company inkOne should avoid romantic relationships in the workplace.Rate it:

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